Bulletin for March 23, 2012

Volume 63 Issue 12 – March 23, 2012

Featured Stories

The Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released a report entitled “Early Assessment of Audit of Medicaid Integrity Contractors,” which found that 81% of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) pre-screened audits undertaken to fight waste, fraud and abuse in Medicaid were either unable or unlikely to identify overpayments during a recent six-month period.

One year after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), known as the “Affordable Care Act,” took effect, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report summarizing some of the achievements of the health reform law.

The NCMS and the Pitt County Medical Society will host “Doctors on Call” at WITN-TV in Greenville on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 from 4:00 pm-7:00 pm to give local area viewers the opportunity to speak directly with physicians about their health concerns. Physician volunteers are needed to cover the phones in two-hour shifts to respond to medical questions.